Bart W.J. Van Besien

Bart W.J. Van Besien

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It will be my pleasure to help you with any of the following: Intellectual property: copyright, neighbouring rights, trademarks, image rights, design rights, software protection, protection of know-how and trade secrets, IP portfolio management, licensing agreements, and “droit de suite”. Internet & media law: domain names, e-commerce, advertising law, freedom of expression, right of reply, right to be forgotten (removal requests), libel and defamation (reputation management), legal opinions and contract negotiations for media companies, authors, directors, producers, actors, etc. Advice and contract negotiations for the creative sector: writers, artists, photographers, musicians, actors, performers, television and film producers, game developers, software developers, web designers, publishers, architects, designers in various industries such as fashion, furniture, toys, etc. Photography: including taking action against unauthorised use of pictures online, clearing of locations for photo shoots (copyright and freedom of panorama). Privacy and data protection. Start-ups and the sharing economy: including legal advice on the incorporation of companies, draft of platform contracts, terms and conditions, rules on Airbnb, etc. General contract law. Arbitration: Bart has a solid experience with arbitration disputes, both as a lawyer and as an arbitrator. Bart is certified to act as an arbiter in IP disputes by FORUM (US), and in domain name disputes by Cepani (Belgium), FORUM (USA), Czech Arbitration Court (Czech Republic) and ADNDRC (Hong Kong, Beijing, Seoul, Kuala Lumpur). Sports law: including contract negotiations and portrait rights. Telecom Law: including rules on numbering, cable and satellite transmission, networks, etc. Bart works fluently in English, Dutch and French. He also has knowledge of German and Spanish.

Practice Areas
Intellectual Property
Trademarks
Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
Arbitration & Mediation
Business - Arbitration/Mediation, Consumer - Arbitration/Mediation, Family - Arbitration/Mediation
Communications & Internet Law
Internet Law, Media & Advertising, Telecommunications Law
Entertainment & Sports Law
International Law
Human Rights, Imports & Exports
Fees
  • Credit Cards Accepted
  • Contingent Fees
Languages
  • Dutch: Spoken, Written
  • English: Spoken, Written
  • French: Spoken, Written
  • German: Spoken
  • Spanish: Spoken
Publications
Articles & Publications
Auteursrecht voor Architecten, juridische en fiscale toelichting,
NAV
De reprografie uitzondering na het HP-arrest (C-572/13) en het recente voorontwerp van wet in verband met de reprografie
Larcier - RABG
Over auteursrecht, parodie en appropriation art: een voorlopige analyse van het vonnis Van Giel t. Tuymans in het licht van het HJEU arrest Deckmyn t. Vandersteen
Auteurs & Media
Copyright – Belgium, in Sherrell, Ph. (ed.), The International Comparative Legal Guide to Copyright 2016
Global Legal Group
Changing conditions of competition for public service and commercial media in Belgium: Implications for media independence
Palgrave Macmillan
Copiepresse versus Google: a legal analysis of news aggregation and copyright infringement under Belgian law
RDTI
Media Freedom and Independence: The European Judicial Approach in Fourteen Countries
Mediadem
Media policy in Belgium: How a complex institutional system deals with technological developments
Palgrave Macmillan
Policy suggestions for free and independent media in Belgium
Mediadem
Speaking Engagements
AirBnB Regulation in Belgium, Digital Business Models - Legal Aspects of the Sharing Economy, Brussels, Belgium
KULeuven – Intersentia
Copyright and the media: Western European practices, Challenges of Online Media in S.E.E., Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Press Council Bosnia Herzegovina & Konrad Adenauer Stiftung
Technical Convergence and Media Policy on Free and Independent Media: unfair competition and copyright in the relation between online information supplier, Towards Neo-Journalism? Redefining, Extending or Reconfiguring a Profession, Brussels, Belgium
Université catholique de Louvain (UCL) – Université de Namur (FUNDP)
Media policy for the written press in Belgium, ECREA, 4th European Communication Conference, Instanbul, Turkey
ECREA
Privacy: New European Legislation, cookies and the Right to be Forgotten, Confocus Legal Days, Ghent, Belgium
Confocus
Data Protection and Privacy: the Regulatory Challenges Ahead, LawTech Europe Congress, Brussels, Belgium
INsig2 – LTEC
Intellectual Property and e-Commerce, Comeos e-commerce legal university, Brussels, Belgium
Comeos - Belgian Federation for Trade and Services
Copyright and Architecture, Flemish Architects' Association (NAV), Antwerp, Belgium
Flemish Architects' Association (NAV)
Legal Aspects of Doing Business in Belgium, Legal Lounge, Amersfoort, The Netherlands
Legal Lounge
Legal update Intellectual Property, Internet Law, and Domain Names, Brussels Bar Association, Brussels, Belgium
Brussels Bart Association
Photography and the Law, Belgian Organization of Professional Photographers, Brussels, Belgium
Belgian Organization of Professional Photographers
Copyright, Neighbouring Rights, and Portrait Rights, Flemish Actors' Guild - Night of the Actor, Ghent, Belgium
Flemish Actors' Guild
Websites & Blogs
Website
Blog
Contact & Map
K. De Deckerstraat 20A
Mechelen 2800
Belgium
Telephone: (003) 215-2942 Ext. 57
Cell: (003) 248-6626 Ext. 355
K. De Deckerstraat 20A
Mechelen, Flanders 2800
Belgium
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